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Budget Committee Doesn't Meet

Date: May 25, 2010
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Budget and Spending

Mrs. LUMMIS. Mr. Speaker, I am on the Budget Committee, but the Budget Committee doesn't meet. Maybe the reason the Budget Committee doesn't meet is because they don't want you to see this chart.

If we look at this chart, and we look at the blue lines, the blue lines are private-sector employment. It is the private economy employment, the job creators, the revenue creators. Look at the Bush years, those are the years going up. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush. Look at the Pelosi years. Those are the years going down. Pelosi, Pelosi, Pelosi.

The private-sector jobs dropped under Nancy Pelosi. They went up under George Bush. Now look at the red line. The red line is George Bush. The red line for government employment is flat.

But look at the Pelosi line. The Pelosi line for government employment goes up, up, up, up.

So, under Pelosi, private-sector jobs go down. Government jobs go up. The private sector pays for the public sector, but there are no private-sector jobs. Maybe that's why the Budget Committee won't meet, Mr. Speaker.


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